AIBU to think my friend is intolerable?

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I’ve NC for this and perfectly happy to say IABU as I probably am.

Have a friend I met through a club a three years ago. I then moved to a new city, but we stayed in contact and sometimes met for lunch, a coffee and often WhatsApp. We don’t normally, well haven’t spent time in more than 2 hour bursts. But usually she is a good laugh and I really like her, so I am probably being horrid.’

Anyways, friend and I are both recently single and friend asked if she could come stay for the week- as I live not far from the coast and we both don’t have holidays planned. We both have taken it as leave and she’s been here since Monday.

Well in all truthfulness, it’s been a bit of a nightmare. Friend has some habits that I’ve found irritating and not noticed before and we are only three days in, I’ll list them and I am probably being unreasonable.

1. I’ve been driving us around, and every time I put my hand up to thank a driver for letting us through, she also puts her hand up- so we are both putting our hands up. Why do I find this so irritating?

1. She has been saying wow to everything. If I make her a cup of tea she says “oh wow”, we went for lunch earlier and everything was wow. The starter, the main and the dessert. She even said “oh wow” when the waitress brought over the tap water.

1. Letting rip on the sofa, it’s constant. When eating or in the evening we’ve been watching films and she farts the whole way through. No IBS as far as I know but could have.

1. She keeps saying my house is haunted. I live in an old place, 1700’s. I’ve never felt anything untoward here. She’s told me twice that she’s seen something walk down my stairs and that she heard footsteps in my kitchen.

1. Lying? Ive heard her twice on the phone telling people that the cottage is in France when it’s in fact the UK?! And I’ve not said anything about it to her even though she knows I can hear her.

I guess I’m just disappointed that this week hasn’t turned out as planned and I definitely didn’t know her as well as I thought: I also feel terrible for these thoughts I’m having about her while she’s here!

So I guess is my friend intolerable?

Yeah, soak up all those farts while you have the chance.

I’d say the ghost has had enough of her farting and said to you that’s it’s time for her to go home 🤣

You could pretend to be the ghost. Whisper 'Gooo Hooome Faaarty Paants' in a really spooky voice whilst she's alone in her room.

I think this is a friend to spend short amounts of time with rather than to stay with. You'd probably be fine if she'd stayed elsewhere and you'd just met up during the day.

This is why I can only spend a few hours with anyone (aside from DP who I have spent 13 years with and has barely annoyed me at all) but anyone else there is a short and sweet limit

I wouldn’t say intolerable apart from the farting. I’m guilty of no 1 myself when DH is driving.

For me the farting and lying would be enough to never see her again. She is fake that is why she says oh wow all the time.

Make an excuse and send her packing.

So I asked her this morning about the France thing and her reply was “only a bit of fun isn’t it?”- I did say about how she’s explaining going abroad etc during this time but she said “oh I’ll say something nearer the time I’d ask”

About the farting, I’d lit two candles last night and hopefully this has given her a hint. I’ve also asked if she follows a particular diet and she’s said no, so not sure on that one:

About the woo stuff, I love a bit of woo! And would happily talk about it if she asked for the history of the place and how long it’s been here etc, but it’s the saying she’s seen a ghost twice in 3 days when I’ve lived here a while and haven’t, perhaps she has and I’m just in denial lol

@KhalliWhalli

You could pretend to be the ghost. Whisper 'Gooo Hooome Faaarty Paants' in a really spooky voice whilst she's alone in her room.

Hahahahahhaa love this!

I find it odd that when you heard her from a few feet away in the same room, clearly telling someone she is in France, that you didn't say to her after the call ended "why did you just tell that person you're in France??!!"

I can't believe so many people don't fart, what's your secret?

Oh no I do the thanking other drivers as the passenger thing

@PollyPepper

Oh no I do the thanking other drivers as the passenger thing

I always drive - I fear I might out of habit if I was a passenger 😬😆

@KhalliWhalli

You could pretend to be the ghost. Whisper 'Gooo Hooome Faaarty Paants' in a really spooky voice whilst she's alone in her room.

Oh my god Dying

The only 1 that would annoy me is 3, if she is doing it when you are eating even worse.

''I can't believe so many people don't fart, what's your secret?''

you can hold it in or go to a toilet if necessary but stinking out somebody else' living room or doing it whilst another is trying to relax and watch tv is very annoying and disgusting imo.

Wow
Wow will get more and more annoying now it's been noticed
The farting is seriously grim. My friend has a very posh auntie who farts all the time. Is she very posh?
I need a number 5! I feel like I'm missing something. Please find a no. 5

The hand thing is annoying. My DP does this when I'm driving. I hate it

Why am I picturing a female farting Owen Wilson 😂😂😂

1 and 2 seem very trivial to me. 4 is strange but wouldn't bother me much. 3 (the farting) is rude if there's no medical problem. I would be rather tempted to ask straight out (in private, of course) if there is one. 6 - the lying/ tall-tale-telling just seems really weird.